They may have been strangers, acquaintances, or even friends, but they were all punching each other with intent Saturday night at the Belleville Armouries.
However, all the jabs, hooks, and uppercuts were for a very good cause.
More than 700 people cheered and booed as over 20 local people laced up the gloves in 12 boxing matches of three 90-second rounds each.
Thousands of dollars were raised for Grace Inn Homeless Shelter on Church Street in Belleville but the exact amount isn’t known yet as all revenue sources hadn’t been accounted for as of 11 p.m.
Grace Inn is expected to open in about five weeks.
The boxing end of the event was supervised by Boxing Ontario and the entire event was organized by Buxton Events and Belleville’s Bulldog Boxing Academy.
Todd Crawford (red) beat Mark Hopper by Technical Knock Out. There were 2 standing 8 counts on Hopper in the bout. (Photo: Quinte News)
Lisa Neill (blue) defeated Quinte Broadcasting’s own Jody Brooker in a spirited match by split decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
Kyle Buxton (red) defeated Marcus Ielo in a unanimous decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
Stephane Cormier (red) and Shayne Poyner size each other up. Cormier won the bout by unanimous decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
The referee gives instructions to Brittany Cassibo (blue) and April Macdonald. Macdonald won the match in a unanimous decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
An aggressive Nicole Coons (blue) scored a first round Technical Knockout against Sheighlyn Slade. (Photo: Quinte News)
Jody Hynes (red) snaps a jab at the head of John Enright. Hynes won in a unanimous decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
Krystal Sanderson (blue) and Marya Peters listen to the referee. Sanderson took the bout in a unanimous decision. (Photo: Quinte News)
Jodie Jenkins (red) and Mark Mcfaul tap gloves before their bout. Mcfaul won with a first round Technical Knockout. (Photo: Quinte News)
David Vanhal (blue) embraces the opponent he beat in a first round Technical Knockout Brandon Shillington. (Photo: Quinte News)
Peter Lyng (blue) consoles Eric Simard whom he defeated with a second round Technical Knockout. (Photo: Quinte News)
Todd Bennett enters the ring in the evening’s main event. (Photo: Quinte News)
Pieter Kort enters the ring in the evening’s main event. (Photo: Quinte News)
Pieter Kort wins over Todd Bennett. (Photo: Quinte News)
The men’s fight of the night went to Jody Hynes and John Enright while the women’s fight of the night was won by April Macdonald and Brittany Cassibo.
In a surprise award announcement, Peter Lyng was honored as the biggest loser on the night.
But in this case being the biggest loser meant he was a real winner as Lyng had lost 45 pounds training for his bout!
Another White Collar Boxing event is being planned for next year.
